-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Alan McKinnon wrote: | On Friday 27 June 2008, Neil Bothwick wrote: |> On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:44:00 +0100, Stroller wrote: |>>> I'm sure the NSA would be happy to forego the prize and keep |>>> quiet about |>>> being able to break a secure cipher. |>> I can't help wondering if - since P=NP is such a big problem - the |>> advantages of having this knowledge in the public domain might |>> override the advantages of mere spying. |> I'm sure the holy grail for the NSA is a cipher that everyone thinks |> is totally secure but they can break. These agencies aren't |> interested in the greater good, only furthering their own goals. | | This is the spooks we are talking about so I'm sure Neil is right and | they are having wet dreams about this very thing. | | All I can say is, thank $DEITY for open/free software and open | algorithms.
Somehow I doubt that the NSA has a magic bullet to crack AES encryption. If they did, it wouldn't be a part of the FIPS. I'd bet dollars to doughnuts that the US Navy has more cryptologists, etc. than the NSA - just a guess here. It would make perfect sense, though - since they have to use radios and satellites to communicate with their ships at sea, they would be most interested in data security - we wouldn't want our enemies ordering our ships or nuclear missile subs to make attacks that weren't ordered by the President... Chris -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJIZWL8AAoJEIAhA8M9p9DAX68QAJaNlRGoASZmMcscX014NPWB R14tkXaOK/ZEcxT3GbbcUTnH8vy4ipbdelw1yGb9s76Rak1/cCXNk8NSSvGtp9J2 yqio2RTXdVy7Jd0luFDsZx+J6tAiMN5P69VUgT/0vjhAt2FDHRiI+93WHAvgh+si 3qyqjv1dP4yS0RCv1hAEB5Kl37okMAvzYWmYQXBrTD5lBpiPNgYmwMr+TRRme6vs SEKFHwSBv8/zDByN1hCNdJ9af1eUSX77fFkT3Ghh5/UTg5dMe1h1oOhHT42k09+d YKII2f7ENYzpEQ5XvZhZGVrEKIAiXc00+1eNt4GSDZufUuOm3IssOQTuhCT/PUDP jAPIdIRN1jyOT+oZhROIWX1jJBfKPZyHGx7ijXACqCqe+7ByusHPduM5yw+9GpH7 ZfM3Jmv22Xdd8oljOxGHTg0mWBp+yyJC7BNFnKDSbkF7UPrRcS8NdNQjtNP78ec7 V25lBTvl6MyVUIu7T+9U9OYlApPSap+D2nJqfwjJyBJ8MlMos3xbPIJzBfUNjOf+ 3PnP9ApUMp98JwYuOe8FCYbwAp/8Gw5DzT1fDOFgAMkYqqBTduy8Gw4itHGegTIY p/584QRpadwKbsBcCpEBJ7FyKGYqOjG2nmf08lq8vUX4Y60ofbVRSoIU1tXV7CWp NWwS0QnnE5ykHpIG1d0/ =LGqw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
